The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts

. . . not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile. --The Review of Metaphysics

. . . essential reading for anyone interesting in . . . the new reader-centered forms of criticism. --Library Journal

In this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts.

Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 07/22/1979
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780253203182